Is a symbol of material and spiritual food, because of the:
- 12 breads which Jesus Christ broke to the Last Supper:
It is a number attributed to the government of the world or the cosmos.
- Himself being the Bread of Life.
- 12 is the creative capacity, and in some religions, it expresses also the Divine Mother.
The 12 apostles of the Jesus Christ
- Simon (whom he called)
- Peter
- Andrew
- James
- John
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Thomas
- Matthew
- James son of Alphaeus
- Simon called the Zealot
- Jude son of James
- Judas Iscariot, replaced after the Ascension by Matthias.
- Lk 6,12-16
- Mt 10,2-4
- Mk 3,16-19
- Act 1,13
- A woman suffered hemorrhage since 12 years she was cured by Jesus.
- Lk 8,4
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In the Revelation:
- 12 gates of the celestial City
- Rv 21,12
- 12 kinds of precious stone of the celestial City
- Rv 21,19-2
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- 12 stars of the crown that wears the woman
- Rv 12,2
- The trees of life, which bear 12 crops of fruit in a year, one in each month
- Rv 22,2
- 12 "minor" prophets of the Old Testament:
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- 12 sons of Ishmael
- Gn 25,13-16 and 16,2
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- 12 great priests of Chronicles.
- 12 stones of the altar of the alliance
- Ex 24,4
- 12 names engraved on the pectoral
- Ex 28,21
- 12 loaves of permanent offering on the golden table
- Lv 24,5
- 12 branches to confirm the choice of Aaron
- Nb 17,21
- 12 explorers sent in Canaan
- Dt 1,23
- 12 stones chosen by the 12 men in the Jordan to make a monument
- Jos 4,3
- 12 administrators of Solomon for all Israel
- 1 K 4,7
- 12 oxen of the Bronze Sea
- 1 K 7,25
- 12 strips made with the cloak of Ahijah
- 1 K 11,3
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- 12 stones of the altar of Elijah
- 1 K 18,31
- The sacrifices of the 12 animals
- Nb 7,87 and 29,17
- The three series of 12 silver bowls offered for the dedication of the altar
- Nb 7,84
- 12 curses proclaimed by Moses to all men of Israel
- Dt 27,15-26
- 12 springs of Elim
- Ex 15,27
- 12 tributes of Israel:
- Judah
- Reuben
- Gad
- Asher
- Naphtali
- Manasseh
- Simeon
- Levi
- Issachar
- Zebulun
- Joseph
- Benjamin
- Rv 7,5-8
- 12 years required for the young Israelis to be admitted as "son of the law".
- 12 precious stones which were on the pectoral of the great Priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
- The 12 sons of Jacob
Gn 46,8-25
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